SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The three-pointers lastly fell.
After the Nebraska girls’s basketball group endured taking pictures struggles for a number of video games, a change in surroundings — to the Puerto Rico Clasico — helped NU flip the web page in a 73-44 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
The Huskers (4-2) hit 11 of 26 three-pointers Friday afternoon. Ahead Annika Stewart — one in all Nebraska’s prime perimeter shooters — had a career-high 23 factors off the bench, hitting a trio of threes. Allison Weidner — getting back from a left eye damage — had 13 factors and 5 rebounds. Alexis Markowski had 10 factors and 10 rebounds, as properly.
“We acquired a lot of nice contributions, significantly off our bench,” NU coach Amy Williams mentioned on her postgame radio present. “When the ball’s going by the basket, the whole lot simply appears to function higher.”
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Sporting black uniforms with the white script “Huskers” on them, Nebraska slumped out of the gate, falling behind 12-5 over the opening 5½ minutes. That’s when Stewart hit her first three of the sport. NU minimize the Islanders’ result in 14-12 by the tip of the primary quarter.
Again-to-back layups by Jaz Shelley and Weidner gave Nebraska a 16-14 lead 90 seconds into the second quarter, a part of 10-0 run that gave NU management. Williams mentioned Weidner made the type of “hustle performs” that “set the tone” for the remainder of the group.
A 3-pointer by Shelley 40 seconds earlier than halftime pushed the Huskers’ result in 35-20 on the break. Shelley’s three-point play to begin the third quarter saved Nebraska rolling. Nebraska outrebounded the Islanders 42-20.
“The truth that we doubled them up on the boards was an enormous accomplishment,” Williams mentioned.
The Huskers will play Mississippi State on Saturday. The Bulldogs (5-1) beat Georgetown 67-32 earlier Friday. Guard Sam Haiby, who limped off the courtroom Tuesday evening, didn’t play Saturday, whereas Isabelle Bourne, in foul bother, performed simply 18 minutes and didn’t rating.
Trying again on the final 5 seasons of Nebraska girls’s basketball
2020-21
File: 13-13
Coach: Amy Williams
Notables: Reached second spherical of the Massive Ten match, season ended with loss to Colorado within the second spherical of the WNIT
2019-20
File: 17-13
Coach: Amy Williams
Notables: Season ended with first-round loss to Michigan within the Massive Ten match, postseason tournaments canceled attributable to COVID-19
2018-19
File: 14-16
Coach: Amy Williams
Notables: Season led to first-round loss to Purdue within the Massive Ten match
2017-18
File: 21-11
Coach: Amy Williams
Notables: Williams gained Massive Ten coach of the 12 months, reached second spherical of Massive Ten match, season ended with first-round loss to Arizona State within the NCAA match
2016-17
File: 7-22
Coach: Amy Williams
Notables: Former Husker Williams’ first season as Nebraska’s head coach, season ended with first-round loss to Illinois within the Massive Ten match
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